Topic outline

  • Week #1

    T Class

    • Course presentation. Plan, Methodology and Evaluation. 
    • Introdution to Management: Organizations, Managers and Managing.
    • Management Levels. Functions, Roles and Skills .
    • Management Styles.

  • Week #2

    T Class

    • The Organization and its environment: a company's general and specific contexts. 

    TP Class

    Analysis and discussion around  Case #1: Kapex Corporation

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      LEGI05 - Quiz Kapex
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  • Week #3

    T Class

    • Management models: evolution through time.
    • Management Styles
    • Inter-organizational models (strategic alliances, joint ventures).

    TP Class

    Analysis and discussion around  Case #2: Netflix


  • Week #4

    T Class

    Organisational Design

    • Mechanistic and organic approaches. 
    • Organisational Design elements: command unit; control range; authority; centralization/decentralization, etc. 
    • Alternative organizational configurations of the firm: Functional; Divisional; Matrix; Distributed organizations. 
    • The organisation from the process perspective.

    TP Class

    • Case#3: PSA

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  • Week #5

    T Class 

    Introduction to the Planning and Strategy Process (part I)


    TP Class 

    • Case#4: Wildfire Entertainment

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  • Week #6

    T Class

    Planning and Strategy Process (part I)

    Planning: its relevance in a managerial context. Types of plans. Examples Planning levels; Strategic Planning; environment analysis.

    Strategic Planning Process: analysis, formulation and implementation.

    TP Class 

    Case | Scenic Floral


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  • Week #7

    T class

    • Planning and Strategy Process (part II)
    • Tools: SWOT analysis; portfolio analysis and product-market strategy tools (BCG matrix, GE/Mckinsey matrix, Ansoff matrix).

    TP class 

    OGE | TW#1

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  • Week #8

    Theoretical Class

    - Management Control


    Practical Class

    TeamWork


  • Week #9

    Highlighted

    Theoretical Class

    The organisation from the process perspective: Business Model and Business Processes. Examples.